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Michael F. Easley
Governor
State of North Carolina
Office of the Governor
Governor's Press Office
State Capitol, Raleigh, NC 27603-8001
(919) 733-5612 - Toll Free 1-800-662-7005
FAX (919) 733-5166
For Release: IMMEDIATE Contact: Reid Hartzoge
Date: April 25, 2001 Phone: 919/733-5612
GOV. EASLEY PRAISES LEGISLATORS FOR PROGRESS ON PATIENTS BILL OF RIGHTS
RALEIGH—Gov. Mike Easley today praised state Senate leaders for passing Patients Bill of Rights legislation out of committee. The bill will now be presented for a vote of the full Senate.
“The people of North Carolina are one step closer toward getting the basic patients’ rights protection they deserve,” Easley said. “The time is now for managed care reform. When this measure is passed and signed into law, North Carolina’s working families will have real managed care reform.”
“This bill will make our principle very clear – if an insurer denies access to its consumers and that denial results in injury then they must face the consequences just as a doctor, nurse or hospital. Those insurers who are trying to limit your medical treatment have to accept the accountability as well as the profit.”
(pull a background graf from the PBR press conference in February….something like this: Easley unveiled the legislation in February with bill sponsors…Senators Wellons, Purcell, and Forrester, and Representatives Baddour, Hackney, Nye and Justus)
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Michael F. Easley
Governor
State of North Carolina
Office of the Governor
Governor's Press Office
State Capitol, Raleigh, NC 27603-8001
(919) 733-5612 - Toll Free 1-800-662-7005
FAX (919) 733-5166
For Release: IMMEDIATE Contact: Reid Hartzoge
Date: April 25, 2001 Phone: 919/733-5612
GOV. EASLEY PRAISES LEGISLATORS FOR PROGRESS ON PATIENTS BILL OF RIGHTS
RALEIGH—Gov. Mike Easley today praised state Senate leaders for passing Patients Bill of Rights legislation out of committee. The bill will now be presented for a vote of the full Senate.
“The people of North Carolina are one step closer toward getting the basic patients’ rights protection they deserve,” Easley said. “The time is now for managed care reform. When this measure is passed and signed into law, North Carolina’s working families will have real managed care reform.”
“This bill will make our principle very clear – if an insurer denies access to its consumers and that denial results in injury then they must face the consequences just as a doctor, nurse or hospital. Those insurers who are trying to limit your medical treatment have to accept the accountability as well as the profit.”
(pull a background graf from the PBR press conference in February….something like this: Easley unveiled the legislation in February with bill sponsors…Senators Wellons, Purcell, and Forrester, and Representatives Baddour, Hackney, Nye and Justus)
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